Project Based Learning Handbook

Sample Rubrics 3Project Description: “Turn Over A New Leaf”- Story“Turn Over a New Leaf” is a project designed to helpstudents take things that they have done in the past (e.g.not doing homework, being a problem at school etc.) andreally think about them.RubricsCATEGORY 4 3 2 1IntroductionBodyGrammar &SpellingThe introductionis inviting, statesthe main topicand previews thekey points of thepaper.There are 3clearly definedbody paragraphsthat tie into themain idea.Writer makesno errors ingrammar orspelling thatdistracts thereader from thecontent.The introductionclearly statesthe main topicand previewsthe key points ofthe paper, but isnot particularlyinviting to thereader.There are 3somewhat clearparagraphs thattie into the mainidea.Writer makes1-2 errors ingrammar orspelling thatdistracts thereader from thecontent.The introduction There is no clearstates the main introduction oftopic, but does the main topic ornot really preview key points of thethe key points paper.of the paper noris it particularlyinviting to thereader.There are only 2somewhat clearparagraphs thattie into the mainidea.Writer makes3-4 errors ingrammar orspelling thatdistracts thereader from thecontent.There reallyaren’t anyparagraphs andthey don’t seemto tie into themain idea.Writer makesmore than4 errors ingrammar orspelling thatdistracts thereader from thecontent.NeatnessPaper is neatlywritten withno distractingcorrections.Paper is neatlywritten with 1or 2 distractingcorrections (e.g.dark crossouts;bumpywhite-out, wordswritten over).The writingis generallyreadable, butthe reader hasa hard timereading some ofthe words.Many words areunreadable ORthere are severaldistractingcorrections.ConclusionThe conclusion isstrong and leavesthe reader witha feeling thatthey understandwhat the writer is“getting at.”The conclusion issomewhat strongand wraps-upmost of the story.The conclusionis included, butdoes not wrap-upthe storyThere is no clearconclusion, thepaper just ends.(Source: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=405583)42